Author: Colin David Field
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Endangered ecosystems
Languages : en
Pages : 148

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Author: Norman C. Duke
Publisher: MER
ISBN: 0646461966
Category : Mangrove ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 102

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"The Australian coastline is 18% occupied by a very special and beneficial habitat of extraordinary trees and larger shrubs bathed regularly by flooding tides and washing waves. This practical guide describes each of these highly adapted plants." - - Back cover.

Author: P. A. Hutchings
Publisher: University of Queensland Press(Australia)
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 444

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Author: Peter J. Hogarth
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198716559
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 300

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A comprehensive update of this popular and practical introduction to mangrove and seagrass biology providing a concise and affordable overview.

Author: P. Barry Tomlinson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316790657
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 433

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Mangroves are distinctive tropical plant communities that occupy the intertidal zone between sea and land. They are of major ecological importance, have economic value as a source of food and raw materials, and serve as a buffer from flooding and climate change-induced sea level rise. Mangroves are under threat from pollution, clearance and over-exploitation, and increasing concern has driven demand for an improved understanding of mangrove species. This book provides an introduction to mangroves, including their taxonomy, habitat-specific features, reproduction and socio-economic value. Fully updated to reflect the last two decades of research, this new edition of a key text includes newly documented taxa, new understandings of vivipary and the evolution of mangrove species, and a rich set of colour illustrations. It will appeal to researchers and students across a range of disciplines, including botany, ecology and zoology.

Author:
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Category : Mangrove conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 790

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Author: Volker Linneweber
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3662047136
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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Protection of the environment has nowadays become a major challenge and a condi tion for survival of future human generations and life on Earth in general. Yet it is still far too much of a dream or hope rather than a reality in the policy of our societies. Presently we are experiencing an unprecedented exponential growth of demography combined with a race for profit, resulting in excessive consumption particularly of en ergy, and a serious impact on the world ecosystems. Various types of pollutants and emerging new diseases not only disrupt the normal course of life, but also above this some of the atmospheric pollutants are most likely involved in the changing climate. We fear and literally shiver at the thought that the "changing climate" would ultimately disrupt the fragile thermodynamic equilibrium between the atmosphere and the oceans. Are we insensitive to these facts to the point of pushing our descendants, some genera tions ahead, into a new glacial period after a first period of warming up, at least, in northern Europe, like the one that took place 13 to 14 millennia ago? Surely the planet's nature is not prepared to be dominated by man and will go its way, whether humanity will be alive or dead.

Author: Jurgenne H. Primavera
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aquaculture
Languages : en
Pages : 126

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Author: Padma Kumari De Silva
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789559114376
Category : Mangrove plants
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Daniel Alongi
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 140204271X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 221

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Despite their importance in sustaining livelihoods for many people living along some of the world’s most populous coastlines, tropical mangrove forests are disappearing at an alarming rate. Occupying a crucial place between land and sea, these tidal ecosystems provide a valuable ecological and economic resource as important nursery grounds and breeding sites for many organisms, and as a renewable source of wood and traditional foods and medicines. Perhaps most importantly, they are accumulation sites for sediment, contaminants, carbon and nutrients, and offer significant protection against coastal erosion. This book presents a functional overview of mangrove forest ecosystems; how they live and grow at the edge of tropical seas, how they play a critical role along most of the world’s tropical coasts, and how their future might look in a world affected by climate change. Such a process-oriented approach is necessary in order to further understand the role of these dynamic forests in ecosystem function, and as a first step towards developing adequate strategies for their conservation and sustainable use and management. The book will provide a valuable resource for researchers in mangrove ecology as well as reference for resource managers.